Candle-supporting cup for candle bases



Nov. 20 i923. ]l,4l74,9l

P. A. PETERSEN CANDLE SUPPORTING CUP FOR CANDLE BASES Filed July 7. 1922 y. @tainted Nou.- 26, 31923.

une ss atraer@ naar .euries PETER A. PETERSEN, F WHITNG, INDXANA, SISIGNYOR 'JlO STANDARD DIL COMPANY,

, I OFWHI-TING, INDIANA, A CORPORATION 01E` INDIANA.

` GNDLE-SUUPPURTING CUP FOR CANDLE BASES.

Application lled July 7',

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known `that l, PETER A. PETERSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Whiting, inthe county of Lake and State of Indiana', have invented a new and useful Improvement in4 Candle-Supporting Cups for Candle Bases, of which the following is a specification.

. The present linvention relates to candle -lo supporting cups for candle bases and will be fully understood from the following description thereof, illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which:

F gure 1 is a` vertical sectional View il@ through a base of conventional .form in which is mounted a candle cup -in accordance with the present invention, the cup being likewise shown in section;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the cup; and Fig. 3 is a plan viewof the cup.

.Su ing serving as aseat and receptacle for the candle cup. In the form illustrated, the 4candle base 5 is likewise' provided with a bore- 7 extending downwardly from the cylindrical openin 6, the bore 7 being of 3a smaller diameter t an thefopening 6.

The candle cup which seats inthe opening 6 has `a cylindrical body portion 8, at the upper edge of which is formed a flange 9. The cup is closed at the bottom, as indicated au at. 10. The dimensions of'thecup are such that it seats inthe opening 6 in the candle base with the Bange 9'extending over and l l ing on the top of the latter The sides of tlie cup are formed with inward projections,

-w preferably in the form of indentations 11 and which may suitably be arranged in obliqueA rows, as shown more particularly in v Fig. 2. 'Un the base 10 of the cup is formed l-be held tightly,

' cated at 13,

dentations ada i922. serial' no. 573,306.

'a downwardly projecting member 12, which is illustrated as conical in form, and which projects into the-bore7.

The base diameter of candles ofthe same indicated commercial size may vary quite widely, particularly in larger candles, with the resultl that many candles will be held only loosely by a standard size candle cup, with a consequent danger of overturning, dripping and of fire. rlhe inwardly projecting indentations 11 formed in the cup of the presentinvention permit candles to smaller than the diameter of the cup. Furthermore, the indentations provide means for locking the candle in the cup, as by forcing the candle downwardly into the cup and giving it a slight twist when it has seated, grooves of the bayonet type, as indicandle itself and materially the candle firmly in position.

The downward projection .12 from the bottomI of the cup extending into the bore 7 aid in holding in the candle base holds the candle cup in its proper upright position even though.V as

occurs in many instances, one side of the opening 6 into which the-candle cup is fitted may be deformed tov a greater or less extent, for'example, in the case of a base made of heat fusible material, by the heat of a low burning candle. l claim: Y The combination with a candle base having an opening at its top and a bore of smaller diameter extending downwardly therefrom,l of a candle cup having a cylindrical body portion seating in the .correspondingly shaped opening in the base and havin a downwardly projecting member exten ing fromits base and seating in the correspondingl shaped bore in the candle base, the cylindrical body portion of said candle cup being provided with a series of obliquely alined inwardly projecting inpted to take into the candle and to assist in holdin the same in lace. PETE vA. PETER EN.'

even though materially are formed in the base of the 

